Fic: Naufragis [Paradise Ranch/Poseidon FPS]

[glitterburn]

Title: Naufragis
Fandom: Paradise Ranch/Poseidon crossover
Pairing: Han Dongjoo/Kang Eunchul
Rating: R
Summary: All his life, Dongjoo has thought of himself as a failure. Until he meets Eunchul, who teaches him there's no worth in regrets.
Notes: For the prompt 'two worlds collide' in diagon's Twelve Months of HoMin challenge. naufragis is Latin; it

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[diagon]

Well don't I feel greedy! Not content to tie you down to 12 Homin challenges for the year, I also get my random musings turned into better-than-ever-imagined fics

[glitterburn]

If anyone's allowed to be greedy, it's you :p

LMAO you had to mention the Mighty Pacific! I suppose the Sea of Japan is part of the Mighty Pacific, technically, although clearly it's not very Mighty there and there are no wee penguins going around.

One of the things I had to check today was if there actually was an army base in Busan. There was - it closed in 2006, five years ahead of schedule. A US Army base, though they shared it with one ROK regiment.

He just wants people to see him.
This is so absolutely true. And Eunchul needs to be seen, although he doesn't necessarily *want* to be seen, which again makes them similar and yet different at the same time.

Thank you for the off-the-cuff prompt and also for not minding when I nicked off with the laptop in order to write this while we were on holiday. Because clearly I have a strange opinion on what constitutes a holiday ♥

[badhand02]

why am I feelling sad? maybe because I have a thing for a past - not broken, but unsatisfied - relationship. It's always bring me a certain weight in the story. Not because of broken heart but... because it makes the story feels so real? Everyone has past... and lingering thoughts. I got to say I'm not a fan of daji XD still, i felt the heaviness in dongjoo's feeling... maybe that's why. He's becoming comfortable with others and all the other things, thanks to Eunchul and himself... as always I adore how they are growing in each other's company, in your story. oh well they are flowing on the beautiful sea with each other and i still feel not so happy! what's wrong with me!!! I better stop here.

[glitterburn]

Thank you... it is quite a sad fic, really, you're right. I always feel sorry for Dongjoo, no one ever believes he's good enough (maybe his grandfather but he's so manipulative) and he has so much self-doubt, poor lamb. So I wanted to give him the chance of gaining confidence and being given respect and love by someone very different from him, even if it can't last.

[doovlynsidhe]

This was so wonderfully bittersweet. I don't know why, but in my mind I picture this as what happens right before the story of Paradise Ranch begins. I love how you always have this wonderful sense of balance between Yunho and Changmin - regardless if the setting is AU or something along more 'canon' lines. Dong Joo receives a feeling of purpose and confidence working with and loving Eunchul. In return Eunchul receives, what is for him, uncomplicated care, affection, kindness and a sense of stability when he is with Dong Joo. It makes me sad to think they may not stay together in the future, but there is something beautiful about two people who are in each other's lives at just the right time for what they have to give at that moment. Just, you always manage to make me think as well as swoon with everything you write. Love, love, loved this. :)

[glitterburn]

Thank you ^^ Dongjoo is so interesting, he lacks so much confidence and that's a shame because clearly he can do a lot of things well when he doesn't have his family interfering. Whereas Eunchul has a lot of confidence and an interfering 'family' and he's still just as lost as Dongjoo. And yes, you're absolutely right, they meet at a time when they most need one another and though it won't be forever, it'll be enough to carry them through. Thank you again for such a thoughtful comment :)

[yunhominji94]

Ugh I had just typed such a long comment but it didn't go through. It described pretty much how awesome this fic was. So let me try again... ;-; Ok so first off yay!~ the fic and I'm so fucking late in reading it but that's because I haven't been on LJ. Let me just say wow. Like always your plots are always something different and well for me interesting and unique, which is pretty much why I love your stories. Plus you're an awesome writer. ;) But this really did intrigue me for a different reason and that would have to be because my brother is in the military and this was based around that. Now I never watched either dramas before so I had to get use to who is who. I have to say I completely agree with what Dongjoo's grandfather had said, the reason for people entering the military. It's most of the time from what I hear and personally know is a means of escape. Because you're trying to get away from something mostly what you have in the present or your past. For Dongjoo it was his past because of his failed marriage with Daji. He

[glitterburn]

LJ is being weird today, it keeps eating my comments too ;__; so thank you for re-writing all of that! Paradise Ranch is pretty good if you like romances, and Poseidon is... well, it's bad, really bad, but hilariously funny because it's so bad! Yunho is definitely the best thing in it. Anyway I'm glad this story worked for you even though you haven't see the dramas ^^

My grandfather was in the army and my uncle was in the RAF. Even when he left the service my uncle was *very* military! For him it was a place of escape, too - all the travelling, he was hardly ever in the UK, but that's what he wanted.

The bit about Dongjoo being kind is from the show, even though Dongjoo is quite snarky and get aggravated a lot, he's essentially a very kind person and he does try to help people, which usually gets him in trouble. But it's a quiet kindness, one that's maybe not obvious? Which is easier to show on TV! But I'm glad it came across eventually :)

Thank you again for rewriting all of that and thank you for such a lovely long comment ^^

[octopuskimchi]

erm.. not that i'm stalking you or anything, but i've just had a very very enjoyable weekend reading ALL your tvxq fics and half your suju fics. i'm not very familiar with suju so i find the totally au ones easier to immerse in.. i particularly love Protocol.

i'm sorry i've not been a good reader, my comments have been very short compared to what the incomparable diagon has been commenting... it's such a pain to type on my ipad so i'm commenting from my pc at work now.. bad worker...

I know you havent put up pdfs of your stories so far.. i've saved 0 - 0-60 in 3.5 and Driving With The Brakes On in doc and epub so i can read them offline, would you like me to email you?

[diagon]

my comments have been very short compared to what the incomparable diagon has been commenting

You make me blush! But I should be honest and say that the more comments I make, the more muffins and brownies glitterburn bakes for me in return, so I have double motivation. It's handy knowing such a talented writer in person who is also a whiz in the kitchen!

[octopuskimchi]

:D the comments are as interesting to read as the story.. double the enjoyment :D

[glitterburn]

Thank you :D LOL when I first started getting into SuJu I was confused because there are so many of them, so I just focused on SJM, which only has one guy I don't care for, and that was so much easier!

I finally had a chance to play around with a work ipad the other day and I know what you mean about the typing thing *__* Somehow I think I won't be getting an ipad of my own!

I put all of my fics onto my Kindle when I'm editing, so I have them in prc files and a bunch of others. I didn't think of making them available in other formats, though I guess if people want that then on AO3 you can dl in mobi, pdf, epub and html. Thank you for the thought and the suggestion, though! :D